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=== Facts === | === Facts === | ||
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+ | Cart 1 collides with Cart 2 | ||
Initial situation: Just before collision | Initial situation: Just before collision | ||
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=== Approximations & Assumptions === | === Approximations & Assumptions === | ||
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+ | Assume collision is elastic | ||
Assume there is no change of internal energy | Assume there is no change of internal energy | ||
- | Neglect friction and air resistance | + | Neglect friction and air resistance |
=== Representations === | === Representations === | ||
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Surroundings: | Surroundings: | ||
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+ | $\vec{p}_f = \vec{p}_i + \vec{F}_{net} \Delta t$ | ||
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+ | $E_f = E_i + W + Q$ | ||
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+ | $K = \frac{1}{2}mv^{2} = \frac{1}{2}m(\frac{p}{m})^{2} = \frac{1}{2}m(\frac{p^{2}}{m})$ | ||
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Since the y and z components of momentum don't change, we can work with only x components | Since the y and z components of momentum don't change, we can work with only x components | ||
- | From the momentum principle: | + | From the momentum principle |
$$\vec{p}_f = \vec{p}_i + \vec{F}_{net} \Delta t$$ | $$\vec{p}_f = \vec{p}_i + \vec{F}_{net} \Delta t$$ | ||
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+ | There is not net force so this term cancels out: | ||
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+ | $$\vec{p}_f = \vec{p}_i$$ | ||
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+ | The momentum of carts afterwards is equal to the momentum of the carts before hand: | ||
$$\vec{p}_{1xf} + \vec{p}_{2xf} = \vec{p}_{1xi} + 0$$ | $$\vec{p}_{1xf} + \vec{p}_{2xf} = \vec{p}_{1xi} + 0$$ | ||
- | From the energy principle: | + | From the energy principle |
$$E_f = E_i + W + Q$$ | $$E_f = E_i + W + Q$$ | ||
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+ | But there is no work done on the system and no thermal energy transfer due to an energy difference either. | ||
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+ | $$E_f = E_i$$ | ||
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+ | Which gives us the following equation consisting of the kinetic energy plus the internal energy of the system before is equal to the kinetic energy and the internal energy of the system after. | ||
$$K_{1f} + K_{2f} + E_{int1f} + E_{int2f} = K_{1i} + K_{2i} + E_{int1i} + E_{int2i}$$ | $$K_{1f} + K_{2f} + E_{int1f} + E_{int2f} = K_{1i} + K_{2i} + E_{int1i} + E_{int2i}$$ | ||
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+ | Since the internal energies before and after do not change and since the initial velocity of cart 2 is zero the equation simplifies down to: | ||
$$K_{1f} + K_{2f} = K_{1i}$$ | $$K_{1f} + K_{2f} = K_{1i}$$ | ||
- | Combine | + | By combining the momentum and energy equations |
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+ | $$\dfrac{p^{2}_{1xf}}{2m} + \dfrac{p^{2}_{2xf}}{2m} = \dfrac{(p_{1xf} + p_{2xf})^2}{2m}$$ | ||
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+ | Cancel out the denominator of 2m: | ||
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+ | $$p^{2}_{1xf} + p^{2}_{2xf} = p^{2}_{1xf} + 2{p_{1xf}p_{2xf}} + p^{2}_{2xf}$$ | ||
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+ | Cancel like terms and you get: | ||
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+ | $$2{p_{1xf}p_{2xf}} = 0$$ | ||
- | $$\dfrac{p^{2}_{1xf}}{2m}$$ + $$\dfrac{p^{2}_{2xf}}{2m}$$ = $$\dfrac{p_{1xf} | + | There are two possible solutions to this equation. The term ${p_{1xf}p_{2xf}}$ |